Comments on: LG Revolution Update Introduces Verizon’s “Remote Diagnostics” Tool, Says It Needs Your Permission to Use It Thoughhttp://www.droid-life.com/2012/03/19/lg-revolution-update-introduces-verizons-remote-diagnostics-tool-says-it-needs-your-permission-to-use-it-though/
An intense Android news community bringing you the latest in phones, rooting, apps, and reviews.Sat, 10 Dec 2016 02:49:00 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7By: Lokihttp://www.droid-life.com/2012/03/19/lg-revolution-update-introduces-verizons-remote-diagnostics-tool-says-it-needs-your-permission-to-use-it-though/#comment-1523207
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:18:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=64665#comment-1523207Two words, Patriot Act.
“The Patriot Act has been used improperly again and again by law enforcement to invade Americans’ privacy and violate their constitutional rights,” said Laura W. Murphy, director of the ACLU Washington legislative office.
From any of your bills, the federal government can derive what type of medication you take, what kind of firearms you purchase and what types of books you read. Even phone companies such as Verizon and AT&T are prohibited from informing you that your conversations are being monitored. The Patriot act is now a law, but certain provisions with in it must be renewed.
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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:59:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=64665#comment-1522095What is bigger than this is that this update breaks root on the revolution. It appears to patch the zerg rush root method used to root many phones. All available root methods have been tried with the Revolutions VZ8 update and they all fail. I see this update or one very close to it rolling to all Verizon android phones soon.
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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:51:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=64665#comment-1522068Scott: Again, I worked for Verizon back in 2009-2010, so I can’t speak to that as it wasn’t a big thing then, or at least not something they were tracking.

I know that there is a tab within ACSS (the billing system) that would show you the customer’s software version, but again, can’t speak to their ability to show Custom ROMs. I can tell you they would be in their rights to do so though, since the device is on their network, though that doesn’t necessarily make it “moral” or “correct”.

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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:38:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=64665#comment-1522051“Verizon Video is Now Preloaded”
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
Verizon: Yo dawg, we heard you like bloatware, so we put some bloatware along with your bloatware so your phone can bloat when it bloats.
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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:26:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=64665#comment-1522037I can’t speak to the remote diagnostic tool, but my phone became much more stable after installing this update.
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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:23:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=64665#comment-1522028 So Verizon can tell then if you’re running a Custom Rom without even calling in or giving prior permission?
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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:18:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=64665#comment-1522022Good points, I can see both sides of the story.

Your second paragraph though….

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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:14:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=64665#comment-1522016I thought this was already well-known, but perhaps not. I have a Galaxy Nexus, and each time I’ve had to call technical support (which has been several, due to some voice quality issues I had with the phone), it says something like, “You have a device that allows us to access your device remotely in order to assist with troubleshooting.” or something to that effect and asks if I approve this. This happens AFTER I put my mobile number in, so I have to imagine the Galaxy Nexus already has this since the wording is so device-specific.

By the way, Verizon can already view your software version. They could when I worked there in 2010 and I’m sure it’s only become more advanced. And trust me, if you’ve ever worked for a Verizon call center, you would be gleeful about a feature such as this. Verizon (and any other carrier) can already tell exactly where you are, who you call, who you text, and what applications you download. This feature just isn’t scary at all to me, and in fact I find it pretty darn awesome… and possibly even helpful.

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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:37:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=64665#comment-1521931 If that is true, all the more reason to install a custom rom.
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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:07:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=64665#comment-1521850Now you know why Verizon doesn’t want unlockable bootloaders on phones running on their network.
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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:59:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=64665#comment-1521831So when you call for technical support they can now see the software your phone is running, hmm no thanks.
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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:53:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=64665#comment-1521821From a call center point of view, this could be good for all the updates that come with Android.

Just think, the phones that are going to get updated to ICS are going to have a lot of customers calling in because something doesn’t function the same anymore.

A lot of people here forget that its not always a tech savy person buying these devices.

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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:45:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=64665#comment-1521814That’s the question. Verizon says that it won’t, which is why I would like a way to opt-out of a service like this.
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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:44:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=64665#comment-1521813I wonder why the nexus update got pushed back… *hint* *hint* *wink* *wink* *gag*
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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:35:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=64665#comment-1521795Kellex, I would be more concerned that they tracked you down at a basketball game. Was there a consent/permission option for that?
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